zzFair deal on 22VE?

[Razzman]

From the same dealer;

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/boa/394613050.html

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/boa/395389437.html

[da.bell]

Nothing would suprise me. Even if it were marked up 75%. Think about it. A car that has a similar engine and probably even more electronics in it is already half the price of a new boat...

[da.bell]

That 24Ve is okay. I am sure they didn't include tax on that thing... That would make it about the same price that I bought my 2006 24Ve for.

[Timmy!]

They are going to get in TROUBLE! Oooooh! Tigé doesn't want the dealer's posting prices of new boats ANYWHERE online! At least that's what I was told by 2 different Tigé dealers.

[Timmy!]

As for the markup...a boat dealer sells 10% of the amount of boats that a car dealer does cars so they have to make some money on these things!

[third timer]

Auto industry

You can't draw parallels between cars and boats. The tooling and overall investment is huge but volume is also in another league. Boats are hand built with almost no Tooling cost, but it cost almost the same to build one as it does 1,000. This is a cottage industry and as these companies get pressure to advance technology to differentiate themselves from competitors they find themselves reinvesting everything to keep up. Wakeboarding saved the inboard industry 10 years ago, but now it costs alot more to compete in this market. The markup barely covers the cost of staying competitive. None of that is the consumers problem, in the end supply and demand rules the day.

[dogbert]

It's a good price and you'll get the "new" warranty on it. 30 hrs. is nothing. Think of it this way, you change the oil every 100 hrs (equivalent to 3k miles on a car). So, you're about 1/3 of your way to that. With 30 hrs on it, most of the bugs will have been taken care of, so you'll be ahead of the game.

[anhaney]

WARRANTY

GUYS, I bought my boat under that condition. He needs to check with TIGE' about the warranty. All my warranty's were voided by TIGE' because it was a demo boat and had over 20 hours on it. My dealer says he did not know that was the policy with TIGE'. Yea right. Not to mention all the hidden problems I found after the fact of which some of them I am still dealing with. I will never buy a demo boat again. If I ever purchase another and it has over one hour on it I will not buy it.

A SERIOUS WORD OF CAUTION ON THIS PURCHASE.

TIGE' has stepped up and taken care of a lot of those issues even though they did not need to based on the written policy provided to the dealer that was never provided to us.

[LovinPowell]

It's a 22Ve

Who is the dealer you are working with. There are probably many on this board that are familiar with them and could add some insight as to who it is that you're dealing with. For example, Matt from Boats of Nevada is a great dealer and if that is who your dealing with then you can rest assured that he will take good care of you after buying the boat. That might need to be taken into consideration when determining a fair price.

[anhaney]

Who is the dealer you are working with. There are probably many on this board that are familiar with them and could add some insight as to who it is that you're dealing with. For example, Matt from Boats of Nevada is a great dealer and if that is who your dealing with then you can rest assured that he will take good care of you after buying the boat. That might need to be taken into consideration when determining a fair price.

I agree if the dealer wants to put in writing that he will take care of the boat then that could be a great buy. However you do need to consider that TIGE' should not be expected to honor the warranty. As their policy is very clear.

The dealer I was dealing with was Taylor's Boats in Utah. It took me showing them where they screwed up on the paper work and classified the boat as a new boat full warranty on the sales contract and contacting my attorney before they stepped up and took care of it. I do have to say that once Taylor Richards the dealer principal caught wind of it he took care of it. It was just unfortunate that it went to the levels it did to get things taken care of. The salesman I had felt horrible about the whole deal.

[talltigeguy]

The craigslist postings have now all been deleted.

If the markup were 50%, then that would mean that if a dealer sells 22Ve's at 50K (make the math easy), and he gets them for 25K , he makes 25K on each boat sold. I can't beleive that it is that high. If my dealer sold 20 boats that would be at least 500K in profit. I am sure that the cost of the showroom and staff might add up to about 250K (being generous here). So that leaves him with 250K to take home if he only sells 20 boats per year. I do not believe that the markup is that much.

I said in another thread that if markup were that high, you would see some boats sell close to cost in some desperate circumstances. Given that the lowest prices I have ever seen are only 10-20% under the usual asking price, I would think that is about right.

[third timer]

years ago

In the late nineties I worked at the boat show for our local dealer. He was supposedly making 3,000 per boat, but he was paying interest on the value of the boat for every month it sat on the lot. If a boat sits on the lot awhile they loose much of the profit. That dealer has long since gone under and 2 others since. We have our 4th one in town now and he's doin ok but its a dicie game I wouldn't want to play.

[dihutchins]

I'm taking delivery on Saturday and I'll be sure to check about the warranty, thanks.

[da.bell]

Well, we can formally welcome you to the family.